 His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...  Smugglers and Smuggling - Page 71by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill - 1924 - 327 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Carl Theodor Eben - English language - 1890 - 522 pages
...himself back upon his chintz-bed, which has paid 22 per cent. — makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the, arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | William Cunningham - Free enterprise - 1892 - 800 pages
...paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | 1895 - 548 pages
...flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent, makes his will on eightpound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of- putting him to death. His whole property is immediately... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - Democracy - 1895 - 224 pages
...cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid 22 per cent., makes his will on an 81. stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of 100Z. for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately... | |
 | Winthrop More Daniels - Finance - 1899 - 408 pages
...that has paid 15 per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed which has paid 22 per cent. — makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege o"f putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 pages
...himself back on his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent. — makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...himself back on his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent. — makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 614 pages
...himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent, makes his will on an eight-pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then... | |
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